Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[Wendy]

Not much of them out there, but here's a clip of Kelly and Connor:

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[Marissa Gallant]

I need to discuss my biggest problem from the past few weeks, and it's a big one: ever since Santana and Cruz on the beach, James Taylor's Fire and Rain has been stuck in my head. And I want it OUT!!!!

[amybrickwallace]

@Lex S, here's Mark Arnold on working with Robin Wright - around 54:05...

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[Lex S]

Have you all seen this video on how a typical soap episode is made? It's from about a year before ATWT was canceled.

I gained some insights into how challenging this can be. ATWT was moved from its more expensive Manhattan studios to Brooklyn about 10 years before it was cancelled. I was struck by how small each room looks and how close the camera is to the actors. I feel like soaps filmed in California have much bigger studios and don't feel as cramped.

https://youtu.be/Tcy5b42fcPw

Wow, this is.. not good. I wonder if they were just going through the motions at this point since they had already known they had just been cancelled and wondering what's next for them

You can look for playlists of biggest songs of each year on Spotify or Apple music whichever one you subscribing to. I just recently went through all of the number ones from 1989 to 1991. I am going to continue

Edited August 10, 2021 by Lex S
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[AbcNbc247]

Haha I get it

I still got The Change in Me is You stuck my head

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[amybrickwallace]

Winston Duke (Black Panther) was on Stephen Colbert last night and mentioned loving American soaps while growing up in Trinidad. He gave a shout out to SB and mentioned that Cruz was especially popular in Trinidad. Whenever anyone wore skintight jeans there, they were "Cruzing" themselves!!

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[Wendy]

Hee. That's pretty cool!

[amybrickwallace]

Here's the Cruz shout out from last night at about the 4 minute mark:

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[Liberty City]

I don't know what's worse: Gina's outfit or the couch right at the bottom at the staircase.

[amybrickwallace]

I say it's a toss-up.

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[Liberty City]

"Oh look, here's the perfect place to put a couch!" Haha. It gives me The Sims vibe with bb.moveobjects on, lol.

[amybrickwallace]

I actually made a playlist of Eden and Cruz's themes. "The Change in Me is You", "Shelter From the Storm", "The Night Goes On", "A Little Bit of Heaven", etc. SB did use a lot of songs for them!!

[Cat]

 

 

I know Santa Barbara was on its last legs by this point (maybe cancellation was already a done deal), but this is still 100 times more luxurious set-wise than most soaps today! 

Also, I think Eileen Davidson and Charles Grant had a lot of chemistry. This is definitely swoony, romantic early-90s soapiness. I kind of love it!

[amybrickwallace]

If SB had continued, they may well have been the next supercouple of the show. Along with CC and Sophia/Mason and Julia, they could have worked and provided some stability for the show.

[Marissa Gallant]

Stability would have been nice. I can't see the video for some reason. But Stability would have been good.